Individual differences in susceptibility to interference and general cognitive ability

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 101, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 395-416

  Dempster, Frank N ^a   Corkill, Alice J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Individual differences; Intelligence; Interfrerence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001181913     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0001-6918(99)00013-x     Document Type: Article

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